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How Generations X and Y Will Reshape Higher Education

Presenter(s): Linda J. Blessing, Arizona Board of Regents;

Cindy L. Olvey
Convener: Katharine Mace Learned, The Stone House Group

Generational differences will drive quantum changes in higher education at every level‹from students to faculty, programs to curricula. Higher education must adapt if it is to thrive, not just survive. The characteristics and core values of Generations X and Y will be presented and its implications for higher education will be discussed. Colleges and universities that embrace this changing environment will be better positioned to meet the needs of generations who will lead us into the future.


This knowledge resource from SCUP is a concurrent session presented at the Society's thirty-seventh annual, international conference and Expo, SCUP–37, in San Diego, CA (USA), in July of 2002.

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